Loss
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is 11/18/23
In 1999, Senator Harry Reid, a survivor of his father’s 1972 suicide, introduced a new resolution into the US Senate. With its passage, the US Congress designated the Saturday before Thanksgiving as National Survivors of Suicide Day – an awareness day that reaches out to thousands of people who have lost a loved one to suicide. Sometimes […]
Six Tips For Dealing With Job Loss Six Tips for Dealing With Job Loss
Losing a job can be really stressful. Our work is often part of our identity, a point of status or pride, and a source of income that allows us to provide for our loved ones. For many men, work contributes to a sense of meaning that promotes positive masculinity.[1] Losing employment can disrupt all this, […]
Depression as a Loss of Heart
This article was written by John Welwood, an American clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, teacher, and author, known for integrating psychological and spiritual concepts. He died in 2019. He wrote eight books, including Challenge of the Heart (1985), Journey of the Heart (1990), and Love and Awakening (1996). Trained in existential psychology, Welwood earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago. Depression […]